Energy Center

Energy-related Courses

Preparing the next generation of professionals to position Purdue University as a global leader in energy sciences and engineering is a top priority of the Energy Center. At least twenty three departments and schools offer courses related to energy, including the areas of advanced ground vehicle power, batteries and energy storage technologies, bioenergy, clean coal combustion, nuclear energy, various renewable energy technologies, efficient buildings and socioeconomic as well as political aspects related to energy use and policy.

The following document provides an overview with prerequisites, and list of courses usually offered during the academic year. (Download PDF)

Agriculture Economics

This seminar is intended to create a platform for students to present research or become aware of existing research on energy, resource and environmental economics (EREE) in the department and elsewhere. It is intended as an interactive seminar and all participants are expected to present their own work (if feasible), participate in discussions, and/or explore their own research ideas. Students who decide to present their work will have an outstanding opportunity to receive feedback from faculty and peers. See attached course description for more details.

AGEC 60800 - Benefit-Cost Analysis

Credit Hours: 2.00. Principles and practice for analysis of the benefits and costs of public investments. Topics include measures of project worth, choice of the discount rate, analysis of projects with multiple objectives and purposes, identifying and quantifying benefits and costs, applications of consumer and producer surplus in project analysis, treatment of risk and uncertainty, and shadow pricing techniques for project evaluation in developing counties. Concurrent Prerequisite: AGEC 60400; a graduate course in microeconomic theory. Typically offered Spring. 2.000 Credit hours

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Agricultural Economics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West LafayetteRestrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Graduate

Botany & Plant Pathology

BTNY 59000 - Special Problems

Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Open to graduate students and qualified undergraduates who desire to study special problems in plant science not covered in regular coursework. Credit dependent upon work done. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. 0.000 TO 3.000 Credit hours

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Individual Study, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Botany and Plant Pathology May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Continuing Ed West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times Featured Topic: Plant Carbohydrate Metabolism (CRN 62097)

Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

EAS 30100 - Oil !

Credit Hours: 3.00. Petroleum is a common thread that interweaves Geoscience with the Political-Economic history of the 20th century. Its dominance in current society has major repercussions on our current and future society and environment. The unequal distribution of petroleum and natural gas, coupled with innovative geologists and engineers, has set the stage for the modern geo-political world. This course is a unique survey into the multitude of aspects of petroleum -- from its formation to "resource wars". Typically offered Fall. 3.000 Credit hours

Materials Engineering

MSE 597 is aimed at junior/senior undergraduate and graduate students interested on developing an understanding on the Materials Science of Rechargeable Batteries. The focus is on electrochemical materials, its non-idealities (e.g., transport limitations, failure mechanisms), and its application to energy storage devices, such as batteries and fuel cells, particularly for portable electronics and hybrid/electric vehicles. This course will deliver an introduction to basic electrochemistry, principles of electrochemical devices, and electroactive materials as used in such systems. Current trends and directions in the field of battery technology will be outlined.

Mechanical Engineering Technology

MET 22000 - Heat and Power

Credit Hours: 3.00. Heat/Power is an introduction to the principles of thermodynamics and heat transfer. Basic thermodynamic processes are used to evaluate the performance of energy-based systems such as internal combustion engines, power plants, and refrigeration equipment. Typically offered Fall Spring. 0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours

MET 42200 - Power Plants and Energy Conversion

Credit Hours: 3.00. The theories and skills learned from prerequisite coursework are applied to the analysis and design of power plants and their systems and to selected technologies of energy conversion. Industrial procedures and methods are emphasized. Special projects are conducted at the Purdue power plant. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. 3.000 Credit hours

MET 53000 - Facilities Engineering Technology

Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of the application of the engineering sciences and technology to the solution of problems associated with mechanical and electrical systems in buildings. Emphasizes commercial and industrial facilities. Identifying energy conservation measures for both mechanical and electrical systems and evaluating their economic impact are an important focus of the course. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. 0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: College of Technology Department: Mechanical Engineering Tech Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette

PHYS P1200 - Energy And Technology

Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides the physical basis for understanding interaction of technology and society, and for the solution of problems, such as energy use and the direction of technological change. Intended for students majoring in the humanities, social sciences, business, music and education. Little or no background in science is assumed. Mathematics at the level of one year of high school algebra is used. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. 3.000 Credit hours

Political Science

POL 52200 - Energy Politics And Public Policy

Credit Hours: 3.00. Examination of current public policy practices and political questions concerning energy, primarily in the United States. The course examines the main issues, participants, and policy orientations in relation to such energy sources as petroleum, electricity, and nuclear power. Typically offered Fall Spring. 3.000 Credit hours

School of Chemical Engineering

CHE 45000 - Design And Analysis Of Processing Systems

Credit Hours: 2.00. Synthesize, develop, and evaluate a preliminary design of a chemical process that meets market requirements for a specific product. Analysis of design alternatives using case studies and optimization methods.

A memorable course for almost all engineers, the senior design course typically challenges students to solve real world problems and gain confidence in their abilities. It is an opportune time to expose students to new trends in engineering, while potentially inspiring their choice in where to start their career. By challenging soon-to-be graduates to map out the world energy portfolio until the year 2050, they are able to explore the opportunities embedded in the energy problem on their own. By their own calculations they see the reasons to work in this sector, providing invaluable personnel for the anticipated shift. The model's worldly basis also instills a sense of how the global economy will continue to intricate the interests of people and industries from all nations. The project also requires students to develop and discuss a technology evolution path for one energy source in depth. This develops the leadership skills of making decisions from incongruent reports, judging the reliability of a source of information and gauging the potential effectiveness of investment in different R&D areas.

CHE 59700 - Special Topics In Chemical Engineering

Our research motivation also informs our decision to focus on solar energy education. By focusing specifically on this form of alternative energy, we are able to engage students in the technical and economic challenges of designing solar devices as well as bringing them to market. By solving the detailed balance for a single junction photovoltaic device, students are able to understand first hand where the thermodynamic limitations arise. In addition to the physics of the solar energy conversion, students are also exposed to the costs associated with different types of systems. This exposure to the rationales behind choosing one conversion method over another develops the leadership skill of deciding to invest in the cost effective system of the day or a close competitor that has a high potential for improvement. Making sound choices in the face of future technological uncertainty will play an important role in which companies flourish in the growing energy market. By exposing our students to these problems today, they will be better prepared to effectively communicate the issues with others and lead the group of emerging energy professionals.

School of Civil Engineering

CE 31100 - Architectural Engineering

Credit Hours: 3.00. This course introduces energy efficiency, thermal comfort, indoor environmental quality and green building design concepts. The course covers engineering fundamentals required for the design and analysis of building systems such as thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer, light and sound transmission. The course presents engineering principles and selected applications related to hygrothermal analysis of building enclosures, air conditioning processes in heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems, building illumination, and building acoustics. Typically offered Fall Spring. 3.000 Credit hours

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: School of Civil Engineering Department: Civil Engineering Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette

Learning Objectives: 1. Identify and analyze the characteristics of building environmental loads, building construction, and building operations as they define the requirements for a comfortable and healthy indoor environment. 2. Demonstrate knowledge of thermodynamics , fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer, photometric quantities and sound transmission for use in building design. 3. Identify, formulate and solve realistic Architectural Engineering problems related to hygrothermal analysis of building enclosures, air conditioning processes in Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning Systems, pipe and duct flow, building illumination and building acoustics. 4. Demonstarte an understanding of building systems integration to achieve efficient operation.

CE 41300 - Building Envelope Design and Thermal Loads

Credit Hours: 3.00. This course discusses the basic thermal processes in buildings and presents comprehensive methods for thermal design of envelope assemblies in commercial and residential buildings. The first part of the course includes steady-state transient conduction through envelope assemblies, convection and radiation heat transfer in buildings, solar radiation and solar gains, thermal performance of windows, internal gains, ventilation and infiltration. The second part of the course considers surface and room energy balance equations and presents analytical and computational models for calculation of hourly heating and cooling loads throughout the year. Climate-based standards, passive solar design, advanced energy guides, and innovative technologies for high performance buildings are discussed. The course also includes a design project on analytical heating/cooling load calculations for a commercial building. Typically offered Fall Spring. 3.000 Credit hours

Learning Objectives: 1. Calculate heat transfer through envelope assemblies for commercial and residential buildings. 2. Solve energy balance equations for building surfaces and room air. 3. Calculate solar and internal gains and predict transient hourly heating and cooling loads for a building throughout the year using analytical and computational models. 4. Design building envelopes according to national standards. 5. Understand principles of passive solar design and the application of innovative envelope technologies.

CE 41400 - Building Mechanical And Electrical System Design

Credit Hours: 3.00. This course covers the design of building mechanical and electrical systems. In the first part of the course students learn principles of designing and integrating heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems into building air delivery systems, mechanical cooling and heating technologies, duct design and layout, blower and pump selection, and hydronic systems. They also learn to design heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems within the constraint of achieving satisfactory occupant thermal comfort in buildings. The second part of the course covers design concepts related to building electrical systems; including, single and three-phase power systems, motors, transformers, switching, and relays. The course includes a design project related to mechanical and electrical systems for a commercial building. Typically offered Fall Spring. 3.000 Credit hours

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: School of Civil Engineering Department: Civil Engineering Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette

1. Utilize building thermal load information together with a knowledge of industry standards and numerical methods to design and integrate efficient heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems into commercial and residential buildings. 2. Understand the benefits and drawbacks of conventional and innovative mechanical systems, and identify appropriate opportunities for the selection and integration of both. 3. Evaluate the performance and estimate energy consumption of common mechanical systems and components. 4. Understand the operating characteristics and appropriately size the components that are integrated into building electrical systems.

Learning Objectives: 1. Design, conduct and administer surveys to provide the data required for transportation planning. 2. Learn and understand zonal demand generation and attraction regression models. 3. Learn and understand demand distribution models. 4. Learn and understand model split models for mode choice analysis. 5. Develop and calibrate trip generation rates for specific types of land use developments. 6. Estimate the traffic impact of new developments using the four-stage sequential models. 7. Understand transportation project planning and development. 8. Understand and apply the process of financing to transportation projects. 9. Learn the federal legislation and planning regulations pertaining to transportation planning issues. 10. Be familiar with the impact of transportation on the environment with focus on air quality conformity. 11. Impact of the transportation project on the land use. 12. Understated selected emerging contemporary transportation issues and their impact on the society. 13. Make final decisions among planning alternatives that best integrate multiple objectives such as technical feasibility and cost minimization. 14. Communicate effectively via class technical discussions and presentations. 15. Design transportation related project in a team of two or three students and submits a final report and conduct a presentation.

CE 51300 - Lighting in Buildings

Credit Hours: 3.00. This course focuses on the design of illumination systems in buildings (electric and natural lighting) in order to achieve energy efficiency and visual comfort. The first part of the course includes analytical lighting calculation techniques, visual perception, radiative transfer, lamp characteristics, electric lighting system design and control for calculation of required indoor illuminance levels. The second part of the course covers daylighting (natural lighting) systems, including state-of-the-art daylighting prediction models as well as design and control of such devices and advanced metrics. The course also has a lab section, in which the students learn how to work with lighting and daylighting tools and build their own computational transient lighting models in open programming languages, in order to design illumination systems and predict electricity consumption and potential energy savings. Typically offered Fall Spring. 0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: School of Civil Engineering Department: Civil Engineering Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette

CE 51401 - Building Controls

Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge of fundamentals, design, and analysis for building control systems. It primarily consists of three parts. The first part covers basic concepts, terminology, procedures and computations of control systems including block diagrams & transfer functions, open-loop & closed-loop control, control system modeling, time response, root locus techniques, design via root locus, and digital control systems. The second part focuses on issues surrounding the building controls: interfacing components such as sensors and actuators, problems encountered, and state-of-the-art solutions for building energy efficiency and thermal comfort. The third part aims to develop students’ ability to convert control system concepts into real building control systems. The course provides a hands-on opportunity for students to complete three projects associated with the three primary components during the semester: indoor environmental quality assessment, building HVAC system commissioning and its control analysis, and new control algorithm development for building energy efficiency, occupant health, and individual productivity. Typically offered Fall Spring. 3.000 Credit hours

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: School of Civil Engineering Department: Civil Engineering Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette

1. Demonstrate basic HVAC processes and explain the function, layout, and operation of commercial HVAC systems. 2. Analyze the function, operating characteristics, and appropriate applications of basic control loops and control modes as found in direct digital, analog electronic, electronic and pneumatic commercial control systems. 3. Understand and program a sequence of control, lay out a control system logic diagram and program it into a DDC controller. 4. Understand the function of network devices and network protocols such as a bridge, router, gateway, hub, firewall, Ethernet, TCP/IP, BacNet, and Lon Talk. 5. Use general-purpose and specific building automation software to monitor and control a building HVAC system. 6. Numerically model a building to define the key control parameters for thermal comfort. 7. Develop and program alternative control algorithms for building HVAC systems in order to enable sustainable buildings.

ECE 42300 - Electromechanical Motion Control

Credit Hours: 3.00. The operation, analysis, and control of electromechanical systems are covered, including a treatment of electromechanical devices, power electronics, and control systems. Sample applications include servo-systems, propulsion drives, and variable-speed rotational equipment. Typically offered Spring. 3.000 Credit hours

Learning Objectives: 1. An understanding of the function of the main components in a power system, and the basis of their circuit models. 2. An ability to build a system representation from components’ circuit models and to apply solution techniques to certain operational needs.

ECE 43300 - Power Electronics

Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the fundamental operating principles of power conditioning circuits that are currently being used to effect power flow from AC to DC and vice versa. Emphasis is on the relationship between form and function of these circuits. Circuits discussed will include AC/DC line-commutated converters, DC/DC converters, DC/variable frequency converters, resonant converters, and AC/AC converters. Computer simulations will be used as a part of the coursework. Typically offered Fall Spring. 3.000 Credit hours

ECE 63000 - Topics In Energy Sources And Systems Engineering

Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Coverage of selected topics in energy sources and systems engineering. Topics may change from semester to semester and will be announced one semester in advance. Possible topics include: machine modeling, power electronics, HVDC transmission, alternative energy systems, or power system topics. Typically offered Fall Spring. 1.000 TO 3.000 Credit hours

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: School of Elec & Computer Engr Department: Electriacl and Computer Engr Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West LafayetteRepeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times

ECE 63300 - Modeling And Simulation Of Power System Components

Credit Hours: 3.00. Recommended for those interested in learning to use computer simulation to investigate the dynamic and controlled behavior of electrical power components. Beginning with an introduction to MATLAB/SIMULINK, the course goes through the key steps of modeling, implementing and verifying the simulation of single and three-phase transformers, single and three-phase induction machines, three-phase wound field synchronous machines and permanent magnet machines useful in power applications, each case amply illustrated in projects around some interesting topics. Students are expected to implement and verify about 10 simulation projects and also discuss observed behaviors on topics such as inrush current in transformers, motoring, generating and braking operation of machines, and pulsating torque from subsynchronous resonance. Prerequisite: ECE 42500 or 43200. Typically offered Fall. 0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: School of Elec & Computer Engr Department: Electrical & Computer Engr May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette

Offered By: School of Elec & Computer Engr Department: Electrical & Computer Engr Course Attributes: Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette, Continuing Ed, IUPUI, Calumet, West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times

ME 42700 - Sustainable Energy Sources And Systems

Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to energy sources and energy systems with an emphasis on sustainability. Students will apply material from thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer to analyze and design energy systems that utilize non-renewable energy sources such as fossil fuels, nuclear fission and fusion, and hydrogen, as well as renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, biofuels, geothermal, and oceans. Economic, environmental, social, and political issues related to energy are also considered. Typically offered Fall Spring. 3.000 Credit hours

ME 50000 - Advanced Thermodynamics

Credit Hours: 3.00. The empirical, physical basis of the laws of thermodynamics. Availability/exergy concepts and applications. Properties and relations between properties in homogeneous and heterogeneous systems. The criteria of equilibrium. Application to a variety of systems and problems, including phase and reaction equilibrium. Offered in alternate years. Typically offered Fall. 3.000 Credit hours

ME 50100 - Statistical Thermodynamics

Credit Hours: 3.00. The molecular intepretation of thermodynamic equilibrium. Development of the partition function. Introduction to quantum mechanics and molecular spectroscopy. The Maxwell-Boltzmann formulation of statistical mechanics and applications to ideal gases, solids, radiation, and laser diagnostics. The Gibbs formulation of statistical mechanics and application to real gases. Kinetic theory and applications to transport properties and chemical kinetics. Offered in alternate years. Typically offered Fall. 3.000 Credit hours

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: School of Mechanical Engr Department: Mechanical Engineering Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette

ME 50700 - Laser Processing

Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduces background knowledge in laser science and laser technology and fundamentals involved in laser processing and manufacturing. The following topics are discussed: laser fundamentals, industrial laser systems and processes, and the laser-induced thermal, thermo-mechanical, and thermo-acoustic effects. The course also discusses emerging areas of laser applications, such as microscale laser processing, ultrafast laser processing, and the related energy transport analyses. Laboratory and video demonstration sessions are used to enhance the overall understanding of the course materials. Offered in alternate years. Typically offered Fall. 3.000 Credit hours

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: School of Mechanical Engr Department: Mechanical Engineering Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette

ME 51800 - Analysis of Thermal Systems

Credit Hours: 3.00. Modeling and optimization of thermal systems with a focus on heat-pumping equipment, such as vapor compression, absorption, and some advanced heat-pumping cycles. Students combine the use of thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and numerical methods to develop and apply mathematical models for the analysis and optimization of specific equipment. Offered in alternate years. Typically offered Fall. 3.000 Credit hours

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture

Offered By: School of Mechanical Engr Department: Mechanical Engineering Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette

ME 51900 - Introduction To Wind Energy

Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is intended for the undergraduate and graduate engineer or scientist who is interested in the wind energy technology; introduce the students to the technology and economics of converting wind energy to electricity and the environmental concerns of wind energy. Topics include: Introduction to renewable energy; Wind characteristics; Wind resource estimation; Wind Turbine aerodynamics; Wind energy system economics, Wind turbine sitting and Environmental aspect and impact. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. 3.000 Credit hours

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Calumet

Learning Objectives: 1. Specify the features for different kind of renewable energy, which includes solar, wind, geothermal, ocean, hydro and biomass. 2. Based on the given raw wind data, students can calculate the wind power density, the wind turbine power and Torque. Can analysis the economics of wind energy. 3. Can tell the local effects to wind characteristics by comparing different given local conditions, students will be able to calculate wind shear and various turbulent parameters in problems assigned in homework or project. 4. Based on the given raw wind data, students can do the preliminary wind energy assessment, which will eventually generate the wind power density map for a selected location. 5. Apply wind turbine aerodynamics analysis the flow fields around wind turbine blade for a given test case.

ME 54000 - Internal Combustion Engines

Credit Hours: 3.00. Performance of internal combusion engines in relation to the fundamentals of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer in the engine intake, cylinder, and exhaust systems. Spark-ignition and compression-ignition engine processes. Fundamental physics of turbulence, boundary layer effects, atomization and structure of sprays, premixed and non-premixed combustion and pollutants. Modeling of engine processes. Hands-on experience through laboratory experiments. Offered in alternate years. Not available to students with credit in M E 440. Typically offered Spring. 0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: School of Mechanical Engr Department: Mechanical Engineering Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette

ME 54200 - Introduction To Renewable Energy

Credit Hours: 3.00. An introductory course on renewable energy. Students will learn the fundamental principles of the various renewable energy options and their applications and costs. After taking this course, students will be familiar with the economic and societal impact of renewable energy systems, and be able to participate in the design or selection of renewable energy systems. Typically offered Fall. 3.000 Credit hours

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: School of Mechanical Engr Department: Mechanical Engineering May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette

ME 62500 - Advanced Combustion

Credit Hours: 3.00. Coupling of the energy, species, and mass conservation equations with the momentum equation. Statistical treatment of turbulence and the problems of interactions of turbulence with chemistry, radiation, and two-phase flows. Critical study of at least 10 seminal and recent contributions in the combustion literature. Offered in alternate years. Prerequisite: ME 52500. Typically offered Fall. 3.000 Credit hours

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: School of Mechanical Engr Department: Mechanical Engineering May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: School of Mechanical Engr Department: Mechanical Engineering May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette

School of Nuclear Engineering

NUCL 11000 - Introduction To Energy Engineering

Credit Hours: 1.00. This course, designed for first-semester freshmen, reviews and discusses the history of energy use by the world, the relation between energy usage and quality of life, the social impact of energy use, and the environmental constraints on energy usage. In particular, the role that engineering disciplines play in solving energy problems will be discussed. The full impact that the various energy alternatives have on economic and environmental issues will be reviewed in order to provide a rational basis for energy choices for the future. Typically offered Fall. 1.000 Credit hours

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: School of Nuclear Engineering Department: Nuclear Engineering Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: School of Nuclear Engineering Department: Nuclear Engineering Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: School of Nuclear Engineering Department: Nuclear Engineering Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: School of Nuclear Engineering Department: Nuclear Engineering Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: School of Nuclear Engineering Department: Nuclear Engineering Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette

NUCL 55200 - Thermal-Hydraulics And Reactor Safety

Credit Hours: 3.00. Applications of thermal-sciences to nuclear reactor safety design and risk assessment. Emphasis on illustrating the use of basic principles in quantitative safety assessments of practical and current interest. The basic topics revolve around multiphase transients and applications which include study of accident analysis and its applications to licensing for light water reactor systems and for liquid metal fast breeder reactor. Typically offered Spring. 3.000 Credit hours

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: LectureOffered By: School of Nuclear Engineering Department: Nuclear Engineering Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: LectureOffered By: School of Nuclear Engineering Department: Nuclear Engineering Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: School of Nuclear Engineering Department: Nuclear Engineering Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: School of Nuclear Engineering Department: Nuclear Engineering May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: School of Nuclear Engineering Department: Nuclear Engineering Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: School of Nuclear Engineering Department: Nuclear Engineering May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: School of Nuclear Engineering Department: Nuclear Engineering May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette

Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: School of Nuclear Engineering Department: Nuclear Engineering May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette

About the Energy Center

The Center’s mission is to grow the Purdue energy research and education enterprise. We engage researchers and students in a community that delivers new discoveries and develops disruptive technologies with national and global impact.